Kid stuck in a machine Last week I came back from a delivery and started making pizzas. I saw my manager kind of freaking out ...

Like the little green aliens in Disney’s “Toy Story,” people — often kids — may find themselves obsessed with “the claw.” Claw machines, also known as crane machines, dot arcades, malls, even grocery ...

Have you ever wondered why you played the claw machine 10 times and lose and the next person behind you puts in one quarter and wins? It turns out, those claw machines are likely rigged. A recent ...

A toddler with a love of claw machines had the “time of his life” when he climbed inside one of the toy-filled machines in Australia. A video shows how police officers rescued him. Three-year-old ...

Claw machines are notoriously frustrating. You start with a spark in your eye thinking you’ll be able to win that one prize that you’re eyeing. “It can’t be that hard, it’s right there,” you think to ...

As school and work wrap up, crowds fill Tokyo's many bustling arcade halls -- not to battle it out in fighting games, but to ...

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I love taking my son to the arcade, sharing with him the games I grew up playing and the workarounds that can help improve his odds of winning. On one such trip, we spent too much time and money ...

A groundhog wanders among the stuffed toys in a claw machine next to the Meadow’s minigolf course on Tuesday. The critter climbed up the prize chute and was stuck inside awaiting rescue by the Game ...

As school and work wrap up, crowds fill Tokyo’s many bustling arcade halls — not to battle it out in fighting games, but to ...